I am the soil.
我是土地。
I am in the hills, and in the valleys, the farms, the orchards.
我存在于高山上,山谷中,農(nóng)場(chǎng)里,果園間。
Without me humans could not exist. But you treat me like dirt.
沒(méi)有我,人類無(wú)法生存。但你們卻把我看得一文不值。
Do you realize that I am just a thin skin on this planet?
你們意識(shí)到了嗎,我只是這個(gè)地球薄薄的一層皮膚?
And that I'm actually alive.
我也是有生命的。
Full of organisms that grow your food.
充滿了讓你們的食物得以生長(zhǎng)的有機(jī)物。
But I am broken, aching, overused, sick.
但是我被你們破壞、傷害、過(guò)度開(kāi)發(fā)、損害。
Because of you. You have withered me away to less than half of what I used to be just over 100 years ago.
就是因?yàn)槟銈儭D銈冏屛椅s,現(xiàn)在我只剩下不及100年前一半的厚度。
Are you paying attention? I am turning to dust.
你們注意到了嗎?我正在逐漸化為一片荒漠。
So maybe you could treat me with a little more respect.
所以也許你們能對(duì)我多一些尊重。
I suppose you still want to eat, right?
我想你們不想餓肚子,對(duì)吧?